Jinnie \ Jane was a full-blooded aboriginal woman. Her daughter, Mrs. Cain was brought up by a Mr. Cox, of Mudgee. Eugene and Jane, in the fifties worked on Bomera Station, which at the time belonged to. Mr. Hale and Mr. Durham. Jane shepherded the sheep whilst Eugene did general work, farmed, grew and harvested -wheat, tobacco, etc.; and attended to the cattle.
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In her account of the Aboriginal people of Coonabarabran Somerville quoted from Police Sergeant Ewing’s diary recordings of the tales he had learned as a child from Jinnie Griffin. These recordings include an account of a battle between the local Aboriginal people and a raiding party from the area now known as Cassilis. The raiding party was chased by the men of the local group to caves above the present day Coonabarabran and slaughtered. This story contains many elements of what is considered to be the traditional pattern of warfare between Aboriginal groups, the aim of which was ‘to continually assert the superiority of one’s groups over neighbouring groups’.
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"In the early 1880's Jinnie or Jenny Griffin died at Parker's Paddock on the outskirts of Coonabarabran. She was given an Aboriginal funeral and her body and belongings were cremated, no trace of her existence remaining except for an axe head which was 'souvenired' afterwards by a white boy. Jinnie was a 'full-blooded Aboriginal woman who was well liked in her community for her ability to tell lively stories about the 'old' days when Aboriginal people in the district still lived by traditional customs. She married a white man, Samuel Griffin, but after his death went back to live with her people, becoming partner of King Cuttabush. Jinnie Griffin, King Cuttabush, King Togy and several other people were notable figures in the district. There was, however, no official record of their deaths."